14er Patches

Above the South Colony Lakes are the big walls of the Crestone Needle and the wild gendarmes of the ridge to Crestone Peak. Crestone is Spanish for 'cockscomb.' Elevation 14,197 feet.

The first European to ascend Torreys Peak, botanist Charles C. Parry, named the peak for his botanist colleague John Torrey. Torrey's is frequently mentioned in conjunction with Grays Peak.

The mountain is named in honor of frontiersman Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson. The Crestones are a cluster of high summits in the Sangre de Cristo Range. Elevation 14,165 feet.

Uncompahgre Peak is the sixth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains. The prominent 14,321 foot fourteener is the highest summit of the San Juan Mountains and the highest point in the drainage basin of the Colorado River and the Gulf of California.

Castle Peak takes its name from its castellated summit. It is located 11.6 miles of the Town of Crested Butte on the drainage divide separating Gunnison National Forest and Gunnison County. Elevation 14,265 feet.

The San Luis Peak is situated rather far to the east of the other fourteeners in the San Juans, and has more of a wilderness setting than many of the others. Elevation 14,014 feet.

Mount Yale is part of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Elevation 14,196 feet.

Mount Columbia is part of the Collegiate Peaks near Buena Vista. Elevation 14,073 feet.

Mount Antero is prized for its gemstone deposits and has one of the highest concentrations of aquamarine in the country. Elevation 14,269 feet.

The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer. Elevation 14,156 feet.

Tabeguache, "tab-uh-wash," lies just east of the Continental Divide and just west of the Arkansas River, in the south-central part of the Sawatch Range. It is located within the San Isabel National Forest and is in Chaffee County. Elevation 14,155 feet.